Marangoni effect on the impact of droplets onto a liquid-gas interface
Feifei Jia, Kai Sun, Peng Zhang, Cuicui Yin, Tianyou Wang
Abstract
A combined experimental and numerical study shows that for a droplet impacting on a liquid-gas interface of lower surface tension, the merged liquid-gas interface may experience two breakups, and vortical mixing is also enhanced beneath the interface by the Marangoni effect.
Topics & Concepts
Marangoni effectSurface tensionInterface (matter)Mixing (physics)Marangoni numberLiquid liquidMechanicsMaterials scienceChemistryPhysicsThermodynamicsChromatographyMaximum bubble pressure methodQuantum mechanicsFluid Dynamics and Heat TransferParticle Dynamics in Fluid FlowsLattice Boltzmann Simulation Studies